Natasha Tori Maru

Indeed! People are throwing their brains in a blender here! A puree of inane words

As in, understanding precisely what part (or action) you took, that was wrong? And which action the receiving party contributed that was also wrong? Sometimes its clear cut, sometimes both parties have acted shamefully. You may simply be getting very emotionally charged up, and unable to offload the effects of confrontation. It takes a lot of practice through exposure to be able to communicate clearly and calmly when ego and emotion is involved. Once mastered the process is very releasing.

Unfortunately, I am the type of manifestation that lacks the big meaty bit, I got the harpy wielding a nailgun mode >.<

Woah this thread, it is really revealing who is embodying enlightenment. Who has integrated understanding. And who hasn't.

**nods vigorously**

There's this weird resistance here to the concept of consciousness as a collective.

After these incidents, as you elaborated above - do you feel you have accurately resolved responsibility? As in, is it 100% clear you know which parts of the negativity you contributed to, and which parts the receiving party contributed to? These things are never really clear cut, typically both parties contribute in a negative manner. If you know precisely where you made an error - apologising for this with gratitude is no loss at all. It is never about winning. My personal advice is - never apologise expecting anything in return. Most people aren't mature enough to clearly see their contributions, even if you were the primary person in the wrong. Reframe this, for yourself, personally, as an attempt at absolution. To clear these negative thoughts from your mind. So you can return to stillness. An apology will absolve and act to clear and heal emotions you are carrying. Ignoring will feed the renumeration and fuel the negative emotions. The person who you clashed with will bring the emotions back again and again, merely with their presence. A festering wound in your mind. I view the act of apologising as a way to release negative emotions. I view myself as made of the same dogshit as everyone else who behaves like a peckerhead, all just human

Hahaha EVERYONE WALKED INTO A BAR

DEAD 🤣 Pokemon gotta catch em all 💫⭐ There are definitely frens out there for us, on a serious note 😊

Haha I know a few people - family members amoung them - who believe some retarded shit. Tash: 'so, xxx, what happens after your body dies?' Xxx: 'Oh it's just black, nothing. We are just brains, that's how it works' Black = nothing apparently. There are actually some slices of god walking around with that cognitive dissonance. I treat these people like sorry redundant vestigial limbs. Can't do much about it, just make sure it's not bleeding and get on with the rest 😆💀

No, people tend to fade out into their own lives. Marriage and kids create a divide that is hard to bridge. Hobbies have been the only way for me in the 30+ age range. The hardest part I have had to face? It's not easy like in uni, high school & the 20s party/self discovery phase. No incidental time - you really have to make effort. I literally schedule it in. I am a huge loner which helps. I enjoy co-achieving while getting to know others, so groups are the way. You guys ARE my friends 🥰 spirit friends! e-hugs ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

I struggle to see much of construction being replaced by AI. Construction management has too many variables and multi-part systems to be able to be managed by AI.

This is beautiful. This is love, validity. No needing to be 'useful' to anyone. Beholden to the moment. Pure and valid and eternal just as you are

Love cannot exist without another. This is why God's decree is 'Lets have an experience!' In a truly solipsistic world, if there are no others, if everything, everyone, is just a projection of the mind? Well then love becomes a game of 'catch, your playing with yourself'. Imagining there is someone on the other end. Love depends on 'otherness'. So in a truly solipsistic world, you're incapable of experiencing genuine love. You end up dancing in this emotional cosplay. Hollow. Behind this, we are all One. A collective consciousness individuated, different, but in communion. So every other part is just as real as the next. The 'you' you think is alone, is a fragment of the whole learning to love all of its parts. All exist in separation to learn this. It's not that nobody else exists, it's that we all exist AS ONE. Beautiful, authentic, individuated expressions of One.

@Thought Art I agree with Salvijus' outline above. I know Leo has his own way of phrasing love, but I think some of the confusion lies in when absolute or relative is used. But to me, it is the same force. Cohesion, communion, inclusion. Binder of reality, force of creation.

'type of love'🤦

Yes this, you are so right. Enough to drive anyone into insanity.

@TruthFreedom My compassion to you with this conundrum <3 Do not let anyone here pollute the pristine waters of your mind with their foreign thoughts that contain no meaning whatsoever. Love, real, human, pure love disproves solipsism, and no one will convince me otherwise. I have considered solipsism before, and returned to it numerous times. Love is pure - it says 'You matter'. You are valid. I sacrifice myself for your wellbeing. I give unto you, of myself, the best of myself. My light. The fact that love exists is validation of the other. Worship, respecting, honoring and giving full attention to another. You, yourself, when you love. Really love another.... You become the moment. Pay no mind to this subject as it is as a thought parasite. A pesky ear worm of tune that you need to drown out. Please no one waste your time trying to convince me out of the above. I am steadfast in this. Namaste!

Good luck on your retreat! Although I think I may have missed the boat timing wise 😁 Interested to hear your feedback on return 🙏

I am also a novice in the territory. My experience was an accident. Which I suspect is the reason the terror was involved. If I were better prepared and respected what I was engaging in, my thoughts tell me, I would have been able to understand the experience. Speaking for myself, once I am able to cognitively grasp something - understand why/what/how - the negative feelings associated, dissociate. My OBE experience did not feel like ego imagination. This may be because as I relayed above - it felt like slipping on a banana peel into another state. I also perceived a 'silver cord' tethering my consciousness to my body. Also - when this event occurred - my dog went absolutely WILD. Barking at my body, then up to where my consciousness was witnessing. Fascinating. And why I am very interested in these experiences when one has an animal companion. Also, to note, my entire apartment is rigged with CCTV and security that I built with Arduino. I witnessed my pup react on the CCTV to verify I did not hallucinate her reaction. Overall a strange experience. I would need to replicate the experience to attempt to dive deeper, but I have not been able to. Or should I say, attempted to. @OBEler interested in what you have to say - thank you

Do you understand the definition for the word 'whine'? In its definition, it emphasizes a complaint about a problem that is within your control to take action. Fix. Again, you need to reframe this. You do have the internal control to influence your situation @SwiftQuill. I personally do want you to see this. Consider this your break

Just an observation. I find your manner of expression to be recursively self-referential and the word choice not succinct. I cannot understand what you are trying to say, because too much mental energy is wasted in deciphering the point. I think the constant digression and parenthesis detract from the points you are making. While these tools are definitely assets in expressing oneself, there is a whiplash effect with the frequency of speech pattern. Additionally, I can see you are typing from a stream of consciousness thought profile. While I love doing this myself, it takes a lot of skill to do so, as one needs to go back and re-edit for grammar again and again. There are many grammatical errors in your writing. Lots of paragraphs that require full stops and commas. This slows down the pace to further enhance understanding from the reader. For example, when I present a complex subject, I focus heavily on pace. Start with short sharp sentences. Make them longer and longer. Until you finish on a long elaborate point, in one grand crescendo of realization! This introduces flow and can draw the reader in, so they absorb the complex topics you are attempting to enunciate. I mean this as constructive criticism. No judgement

You totally haven't interacted with enough women!

I mean, this is the solution. It is very obvious! It's going to teach them socialisation and that these opinions they have don't reflect reality and lived experience. I just don't think many users are grasping the full ramifications of your advice. i don't agree with a lot of pickup but approaching is the way...

While I agree that the women's movement and empowerment has dislodged mens traditional identity and role, I do think you may want to revisit the education system teaching 'highly likely to be unsuccessful'. This definitely would need a reframe. 'Life is hard, you have personal agency. The only thing you can control are your actions' perhaps. This doesn't apply to one gender either. It seems these sorts of philosophies need to be taught by a strong masculine role model. And the breakdown of family and cultural units has destroyed a lot of this in the west. Philosophy, metaphysics and logic isn't even taught in school. I myself hated school. It was a process of attempting to pretzel myself into something to fit society. I am valid just being, fuckers! How many people would come out of the system more whole and equipped to handle life if these subjects were taught! Existential horror is a very real thing most souls face in life, at some time or another. I digress though! This topic is about mens identity really, and their journey within finding agency. It's not about men vs women at the heart of it.